Keum Kang Steel
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Keum Kang Steel processes flat-rolled steel coils, large rolls of sheet metal used in cars, home appliances, construction, and industrial containers, cutting and slitting them to the precise dimensions customers require.
It supplies processed steel to automakers and other manufacturers, sitting between a primary steelmaker and the end-user industries. Listed on KOSDAQ, Korea's small-cap board, the company operates as a designated processing centre for POSCO, handling cold-rolled and hot-rolled coil on behalf of that steelmaker's customers.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
The company operates as a formally designated processing centre for POSCO, meaning its steel-processing business is structurally tied to that relationship rather than sourcing steel independently.
Keum Kang Steel in five facts
What does Keum Kang Steel do?
Keum Kang Steel processes flat-rolled steel coils, large rolls of sheet metal used in cars, home appliances, construction, and industrial containers, cutting and slitting them to the precise dimensions customers require.
Where is Keum Kang Steel listed and in which sector?
Keum Kang Steel (Korean name: 금강철강) trades under KRX code 053260 on KOSDAQ, the Korea Exchange's board for smaller and growth companies. It is classified in the Materials sector, Steel.
How large is Keum Kang Steel?
Its market capitalisation was US$87.5M on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were Keum Kang Steel's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, Keum Kang Steel reported revenue of US$133.8M, operating profit of US$1.1M and a net loss of US$132.1K, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-17). Revenue was down 11.9% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-17
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21 close)
- Company data updated
- 2026-10-21
- Company summary
- AI-generated from filings; may contain errors. Information only, not investment advice.
- [Amended] DisclosureSep 17
- Treasury share disposal: results report
Keum Kang Steel Co., Ltd. disposed of 514,000 treasury common shares at US$3.25 per share (total US$1.67M) on 2026-07-24, matching the disposal plan from its July 23, 2026 material event report; it continues to hold 2,489,580 shares (13.30%) in treasury and trust accounts combined.
Treasury Shares · Jul 29 - Material event report (treasury share disposal)
Keum Kang Steel disclosed a plan to sell treasury shares worth US$1.56M, about 1.7% of its market value.
Treasury Shares · Jul 23 - Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
Keum Kang Steel reported consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$123M (−11.9% year on year), operating profit of US$1.04M (−60.5% year on year) and a net loss of US$122K (from a profit a year earlier).
Earnings · Feb 24 - Cash/in-kind dividend decision
Keum Kang Steel declared a cash dividend of US$0.12 per share.
Dividend · Feb 24